BA 364 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RESEARCH

COMPANY RESEARCH

Company Profiles

Business Insights: Global provides company and industry intelligence on thousands of global companies. It includes periodical articles, news articles, and press releases; investment reports; corporate chronologies and company histories; brands and product information; industry and company rankings; financial overviews; industry overviews; and HR law case digests.

International Directory of Company Histories provides detailed information on more than 11,000 influential and emerging companies worldwide. Coverage includes comprehensive background and history of a company; merger and acquisition history; impact of sales and marketing campaigns; effectiveness of executive leadership; expansions and strategies; labor/management actions; stock exchanges, ticker symbols, and industries; and principal subsidiaries, divisions, operating units and competitors.

Passport GMID is a collection of valuable country, industry, company and consumer intelligence: internationally comparable market statistics on industries, countries and consumer; full text market reports, company reports and country reports; expert analyst comments on emerging industry trends, country trends and consumer trends.

ReferenceUSA provides detailed directory information for millions of U.S. businesses. Users can perform Quick Search or Custom Search at their choice.

Company Rakings

Business Rankings Annual

DOCS REF HG4050 .B88 [On Business Table]

D&B Business Rankings

DOCS REF HG4057 .A237 [On Business Table]

Stock Prices

Is the company you are researching a publicly held (traded on a stock exchange), privately owned, or subsidiary of a publicly held organization? A key factor is that public companies must report certain financial information to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and their shareholders. To identify the stock exchange ticker symbol for a public company, search the following sites:

The databases listed in COMPANY RESEARCH also includes stock prices of company.

Company Mission Statments

Company mission statements, philosophy and objectives for the forthcoming years are often stated in the corporate annual report. If the mission statement is not a section of an annual report, check the section of Corporate Statement or Chairman's Statement. Look for words such as "our vision", "looking forward", "our objective" etc.

Biobraphical Information of CEOs

Biography Reference Center™ offers a comprehensive collection of more than 461,000 full-text biographies, including the complete full-text run of Biography Today and Biography, as well as thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases.

Search Company Web Site or Google for company executive's bio information.

INDUSTRY RESEARCH

Industry Analysis & Surveys

Business Insights: Essentials provides company and industry intelligence on thousands of global companies. It includes periodical articles, news articles, and press releases; investment reports; corporate chronologies and company histories; brands and product information; industry and company rankings; financial overviews; industry overviews; and HR law case digests.

Passport GMID is a collection of valuable country, industry, company and consumer intelligence: internationally comparable market statistics on industries, countries and consumer; full text market reports, company reports and country reports; expert analyst comments on emerging industry trends, country trends and consumer trends.

Industry Classifications

NAICS is a 6-digit code developed jointly by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, but used internationally. Use the Keyword or Code search to look up codes and get descriptions. NAICS is also available via NAICS Association

SIC is a system of 4-digit codes that attempts to classify all business establishments by the types of products or services. Even though NAICS officially replaced the SIC system in 1997, SIC codes still are used in some resources. Use the keyword or code search.

Business Ratios

eStatement Studies is the online version of the Annual Statement Studies produced by the Risk Management Association (RMA). It provides composite performance metrics derived directly from the financial statements of financial institutions' borrowers and prospects. It includes two publications: Financial Ratios Benchmarks on over 760 industries, Industry Default Probabilities and Cash Flow Measures.

Key Business Ratios (KBR) provides immediate online access to competitive benchmarking data. This database allows researchers to examine industry benchmarks, compiled from D&B and Mergent’s databases of public and private companies. It features 14 key business ratios for private and public companies in over 800 lines of businesses. Contain ratios from 2009-2012 (Solvency, Efficiency, and Profitability ratios).

Passport GMID is a collection of valuable country, industry, company and consumer intelligence: internationally comparable market statistics on industries, countries and consumer; full text market reports, company reports and country reports; expert analyst comments on emerging industry trends, country trends and consumer trends.

Search the library catalog for the following reference publications by Euromonitor International which can be accessed online. UseAuthor Search "Euromonitor".

The globalEDGE web site is a rich, FREE, source of information on doing business internationally. In addition to country statistics and industry information, it includes links to information on country-specific and regional business customs and etiquette.

NOTE: See below for the two different areas on the website for information on culture.

For a valuable overview of the culture of your country of interest, click "Get Global Insights" . Use the drop down menu in the Insights by Country category to select a country of interest and click "GO" then "Culture".

For more useful information on other cultures, click on the http://globaledge.msu.edu/Global-Resources/culture/ to go to the globalEDGE listing of on-line resources on specific cultures. You can also get there from the homepage by clicking on "Reference Desk", then click Global Resource Directory and then Culture.

The Global Road Warrior database covers 175 countries and addresses 22 categories of interest to travelers, including business culture, communications, demographics, money and banking, points of interest, security, society and culture, tips for businesswomen, transportation, and travel essentials. It also includes maps and photographs.

LAWS & REGULATIONS

EIU Country Commerce provides details on operating conditions, commercial laws, and the regulatory framework in more than 50 countries. Each report offers key economic indicators, such as level of foreign direct investment, exports as a percentage of GDP, and chief trading partners. The reports also contain current lists of key contacts at banks, ministries, chambers of commerce, and other key institutions.

FINDING ARTICLES

Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary database with a large collection of peer-reviewed full-text journals. This database offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: business, social sciences, humanities, science, education, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.

Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 U.S. and international newspapers, including the Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. The database also contains selective full text of more than 335 regional American newspapers. In addition, full-text television and radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.